MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #118

Balduvian Hydra

DIGITAL ONLY

me2·#118·rare·foil

Illus. Melissa A. Benson

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Sep '08

18 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #28,390 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.02

Nonfoil$0.02

Gameplay

Creature — Hydra

This creature enters with X +1/+0 counters on it. Remove a +1/+0 counter from this creature: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to it this turn. {R}{R}{R}: Put a +1/+0 counter on this creature. Activate only during your upkeep.

0/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME2 — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #118 of *Masters Edition II*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2008 Masters Edition II release.

Card type: Creature — Hydra, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {X}{R}{R} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.

EDHrec ranks this card #28,390 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Melissa A. Benson. Rarix catalogs 261 other cards credited to this artist.